1. Describe the industry and explain the general pattern of change of the particular market model Health insurance in the United States providers represent competitive market because they are numerous, variety of choices, and no single entity has much power over prices. The health insurance can be considered as rapid growth industry. Recently, this industry is transforming in a rapid way and evolving into an oligopoly. Insurance markets in many states are eventually controlled and dominated by a
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appropriate depending on the assumptions you make and the evidence you apply in your thinking and written response. You will be assessed in part on the logic and critical thinking demonstrated in your stated rationale. Additionally, be sure to cite the relevant FAR and DFARS passages related to your rationale. No credit will be given for a response in which rationale is requested but not provided or, if provided, is inconsistent or inaccurate. Your assignment is due before your class starts on Monday
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Applied Public Finance Fiscal Impact Analysis 3 - FIA 3 Assignment * Briefly describe (1-2 pages) the American Farmland Trust (AFT) Cost of Community Services methodology and illustrate the COCS approach from the Skagit County, WA case study. The American Farmland Trust Cost of Community Services methodology compares the ratio of expenditures to revenue for different land uses, which are used in municipal land-use planning. Land uses, from residential / commercial / industrial , agricultural
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b. Rights Shares and Bonus Shares c. Direct Material Price Variance and Direct Material Usage Variance d. Imputed Costs and Opportunity Costs. Q6. What do you understand by Break-even analysis ? Discuss the assumptions underlying the break-even analysis. How do these assumptions make the break-even analysis unrealistic ? Explain and prepare a Break-even chart assuming relevant figures. Q7. What do you understand by Flexible Budget ? How does it differ from a Fixed Budget ? Explain its utility
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business. Vincent should ensure that the outlets are clean and eye appealing for his customers to drive through as it would give a good perception of his enterprise. Lastly Vincent may need to monitor on the compliance to the local law and other relevant compliance related to food industry as well. c. What major tasks must Vincent undertake in managing The Cappucino Express? Answer : Vincent main objective is ensure that the company generates profit as such there must be some profitability
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3. The advantage of determining cost using a plant-wide allocation based on direct-labor hours is that it is simple which means that it can be calculated with little time, and by extension, at low-cost. A more accurate method to determine cost is the activity-based cost system. Though more labor-intensive, and consequentially, more expensive, this system is more accurate, calculating the cost of individual activities using the most relevant cost driver. In the case of SDM there is value in looking
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The Averch-Johnson Effect Economics of Competition and Monopoly 1 Rate of Return Regulation This form of regulation in its purest form takes costs as exogenous and observable and forms prices on the basis of observed costs included and appropriate rate of return on capital. One of the principal criticisms that have arisen for the kind of rate of return regulation practised in the United States is that the incentive for productive efficiency are reduced. In particular the input choice of
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carefully and figure out what the columns tell you, individually and in total.) Before 1991 the performances of the cost center managers and their superiors in the plant were evaluated in terms of cost control and safety. The key cost performance measure was a summary called ‘Cost above’ which included the cost added per ton of steel at each production stage and for the entire plant. Cost above and the items that comprised it were reported to the manufacturing managers on an operating statistics report
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From your reading of the case describe the issue(s) or problem(s) which should be the focus of your case analysis. 1. Lack of reasonable and logical financial result: Ignore fixed and variable cost, ignore case mix and thus transfer pricing of $7,906 might not be reliable and accurate which is shown in Exhibit 4. 2. High transfer price of 14% (($1,204-$1,059)/($1,059) x 100%) increases lead to goal incongruence (Exhibit 6): Under the full charge method of transfer pricing, the St. Luke Hospital
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Victoria chemicals PLC (A): the Merseyside Project As a world wide major competitor in the chemical industry, Victoria Chemicals is a leading producer of polypropylene, a polymer that is used in a variety of products around the globe. Polypropylene is known for its strength and malleability and was priced as a commodity. The company operates two plants that produce polypropylene, one at Merseyside, England and the other at Rotterdam, Holland. Both plants were identical in scale, design, and age
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